Start searching the new complete 1851 England and Wales Census!

Search six decades of UK Census Records from 1851 to 1901!
Every name is indexed, searchable and linked to an image!

What is in the 1851 Census?

· Over 17 million searchable names

· Includes England, Wales, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man

· Find names and addresses of each member of a household as well as each person who spent the night in that household on March 30, 1851

· 1851 was the first census that included relationship to head of household and full birth place

· Discover your ancestor’s occupation and marital status as well

Who will you find?

· Search for ancestors with some of the most popular names of the day, including Mary, Jane, Elizabeth, John, William and David

· Discover scientists and statesmen who changed the world like William Jenner and Benjamin Disraeli, or any of a number of dead poets including Alfred Tennyson, Robert Browning, or novelist Charles Dickens

· Locate Queen Victoria’s record

What’s next for our UK census collection?

We are now offering six of the seven available decades. With the addition of the 1841 UK census next year, our UK census collection will be complete. 1841 was the first census that was officially preserved. Prior to 1841, the census returns were simply numerical counts with little detailed information.

Other sources of interesting information:

· “England and Wales: Getting More from Online Censuses,” Sherry Irvine, CGRS, FSA (Scot)

· “The Census in Great Britain, Part 1: How It Began,” Sherry Irvine, CGRS, FSA (Scot)

· “The Census of Great Britain, Part 2: Working with Census Returns,” by Sherry Irvine, CGRS, FSA (Scot)